Associate moves that build a legacy.
We place private practice associates with law firms across the UK, the Netherlands and the US, from specialist boutiques to top tier international practices. Associate hiring is our deliberate focus. It is the stage where the right advice changes the shape of an entire career, and where a firm's future partnership is built.
Partnership and business plans
As you approach the end of your associate career, the step to partnership rests on a convincing business plan. Richard works with senior associates to write it: your practice and positioning, your client relationships, your revenue logic and a clear plan for your first 12 months.
Our Commercial Profile and Practice Build Case gives that plan the structure and commercial language that partners and hiring committees expect, whether you are making the case at your current firm or a new one.
For law firms
The associates you most want are rarely looking. Reaching them takes a credible voice who understands your platform, your partners and your culture, and who can present the opportunity with authority.
We take on a small number of retained mandates, so each one receives senior attention, with Richard overseeing every stage from mapping the market to managing the offer.
Practice areas
We recruit across the full breadth of a modern law firm, with particular depth in the following areas.
Law in a changing world
Technology and AI are reshaping both the law itself and the way it is practised. New rules on artificial intelligence, data and digital markets, including the EU AI Act, are creating demand for lawyers who understand the technology as well as the law. We help firms find that talent, and help associates position their careers for where the market is heading, not where it has been.
High value commercial disputes, shareholder and boardroom disputes, fraud and international arbitration, together with contentious real estate and employment matters.
Public and private M&A, joint ventures, equity capital markets and corporate advisory.
Patents, trade marks, copyright and contentious IP, including life sciences and technology disputes.
Technology transactions, data protection, cyber security, digital regulation and AI governance.
Leveraged and acquisition finance, real estate finance, regulatory and fintech.
Buyouts, fund formation and investment management.